Iron Gate Fine Wine Auction-Gold Club Only
Wed, Jun 4, 2025 03:00PM EDT - Thu, Jun 5, 2025 03:00PM EDT
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Lot 174
2013 Salon Cuvee S Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs Champagne - 1 bottle(s)-1500ml
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This lot is comprised of 1 bottle(s) of 2013 Salon Cuvee S Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs Champagne - 1500ml. Estimate for this lot is between $2200 - $3000 with a BUY IT NOW of $2600. The wine in this lot belongs to collection 11257.
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A blue chip collection filled with top California cult and fine Burgundy. The collector began amassing Old World wines when living in Montreal and Toronto and expanded his appreciation for California wine when living in San Francisco. Starting his cellar in the late 1990's, the majority of the wines were purchased directly from the winery or estate and were stored in a temperature and humidity-controlled private cellar.
2013 Salon Cuvee S Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs Champagne has following scores - Vinous 99 , Jeb Dunnuck 98, The Wine Independent 98. 2013 Salon Cuvee S Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs Champagne has the score of 95+ from Robert Parker and the tasting note -In the context of the vintage, the expressive and structurally open personality of Salon’s 2013 Brut Blanc de Blancs Le Mesnil took me by surprise. Expecting a taut, incisive version, considering the cool, late-ripening growing season, it shares more similarities with the 2012 rendition than differences. Disgorged in early 2023 with a dosage of 5.5 grams per liter, it soars from the glass with scents of iodine, orange zest and warm bread mingling with hints of tropical fruit. Far from linear, it is a flamboyant and elegantly glossy rendition that’s undeniably fleshier than the racy-fresh and chiseled 2007 at a similar stage of development. Laden with ripe yet vibrant acidity, complemented by a pinpoint mousse and concluding with a precise, vividly chalky finish, it is dangerously approachable even now. However, given its rarity and eye-watering market price, it would be rather hedonistic to pop the corks before it celebrates its 20th birthday. Since 1921, this marks only the 44th edition of Salon.